Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Chapter 3 Summary - The Bedford Researcher

How to develop your research question and research proposal is what Mike Palmquist discusses in chapter 3 of his book, The Bedford Researcher. This chapter is divided in to two parts, part one is about your research question and how develop one. Palmquist starts off by giving us a list of words that almost all research questions begin with, which are, what, why, when, where, who, how, would, could and should. He then goes on to talk about how some research questions are followed by different kinds of thinking processes, things like, definition; evaluation; comparison and contrast; cause and effect analysis; problem and solution analysis or advocacy; sequential analysis; inquiry; and reporting. These ways of thinking can help to revise and focus your research questions even more. Palmquist also suggests using a variety of conditional words to refine your research question even more. Some of these conditional words are although, because, even though, given that, in light of, now that, since, and while. The second half of chapter 3 focuses on writing a research proposal. Palmquist outlines the basic things that a research proposal needs and what those are in detail, things like a title page; an introduction that identifies your topic issue, and/or research question; a review of literature; an explanation of how you will collect information; a project timeline; and a working bibliography. This chapter of The Bedford Researcher contains a lot of great content but especially at the very end of the of it Palmquist includes an example research proposal; which, I feel that all research writers will find this very helpful.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Working Bibliography

Kidd, Michael  R. “Personal Electronic Health Records: MySpace or HealthSpace?” British Medical Journal 336.7652 (2008): 1029-1030. JSTOR. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.
Tanne, Janice H. “Fears over Security as Google Launches Free Electronic Health Records Service for Patients.” British Medical Journal 336.7655 (2008): 1207. JSTOR. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.
Guertin, Laura, and Sara Neville. “Utilizing Google Earth to Teach Students about Global Oil Spill Disasters.” Science Activities 48.1 (2011): 1-8. ESBCO. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.
Ratinen, Ilkka, and Tuula Keinonen. “Student-teachers’ use of Google Earth in problem-based geology learning.” International Research in Geographical & Environmental Education 20.4 (2011): 345-358. ESBCO. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.
Dodsworth, Eva, and Andrew Nicholson. “Academic Uses of Google Earth and Google Maps in a Library Setting.” Information Technology & Libraries 31.2 (2012): 102-117. ESBCO. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.
Min, Zhao, Darren Dahl W., and Steve Hoeffler. “Optimal Visualization Aids and Temporal Framing for New Products.” Journal of Consumer Research 41.4 (2014): 1137-1151. ESBCO. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.
Sudhakar, Nuti, et al. “The Use of Google Trends in Health Care Research: A Systematic Review.” PLoS ONE 9.10 (2014): 1-49. ESBCO. Web. 29 Jan 2015.
Carneiro, Herman A., and Eleftherios Mylonakis. “Google Trends: A Web-Based Tool for Real-Time Surveillance of Disease Outbreaks.” Clinical Infectious Diseases 49.10 (2009): 1557-1564. JSTOR. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.
Das, Supama. “Disruptiveness of Google Health.” British Medical Journal 337.7680 (2008): 1188. JSTOR. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.
Giustini, Dean. “How Google Is Changing Medicine: A Medical Portal Is The Logical Next Step.” British Medical Journal. 331.7531 (2005): 1487-1488. JSTOR. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.
Wasserman, Todd. "What Will Google Glass Do to Our Brains?" Mashable.com. N.p. 17 Apr. 2013. Web. 28 Jan. 2015.


Adams, Mike. "Review of Google Health - Technology Achievement or Privacy Disaster?" Naturalnews.com. Truth Publishing International, LTD. 20 May 2008. Web. 28 Jan. 2015.
Kelion, Leo, and James Gallagher. "Google is Developing Cancer and Heart Attack Detector." bbc.com. BBC. 28 Oct. 2014. Web. 28 Jan. 2015.
"Google Glass in the Clinical Setting." dignityhealth.org. Dignity Health. 2015. Web. 28 Jan. 2015.
Goldberg, Carey. "What Killed Google Health? And What Does Its Untimely Demise Mean?" commonhealth.wbur.org. Trustees of Boston University. 22 July 2011. Web. 28 Jan. 2015.
Moore, John. “A Technology in Search of a Market.” thehealthcareblog.com. THCB. 5 Aug. 2011. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.
Whalley, Rich. “Google Health is Dead, Long Live Google+.” thehealthcareblog.com. THCB. 19 July. 2011. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.
Moore, John. “Stepping in Where Google Health Left Off.” thehealthcareblog.com. THCB. 6 July. 2011. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.
"Google Health." thehealthcareblog.com


"A Google Health update." googleblog.blogspot.com. Google. 15 Sept. 2010. Web. 28 Jan. 2015
"Google Co-Founders: 'Thanks, But No Thanks.'" thehealthcareblog.com. Google. 8 July 2014. Web. 28 Jan. 2015.
"An update on Google Health and Google PowerMeter." googleblog.blogspot.com. Google. 24 June 2011. Web. 28 Jan. 2015
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“Important Update.” “Google PHR.” healthinformatics.wikispaces.com. Tangient LLC. 2015. Web. 27 Jan. 2015
“Google Flu Trends.” “Finding real value in big data for public health.” sciencedaily.com. ScienceDaily. 2 July 2014. Web. 27 Jan. 2015.
“Search: Consumers, Health, and the Web Interacting.” Larry Digana. “Google Health launches; Read the terms of service.” Zdnet.com. CBS Interactive. 19 May 2008. Web. 27 Jan. 2015
“Google Health Partners & Services.” Larry Digana. “Google Health launches; Read the terms of service.” Zdnet.com. CBS Interactive. 19 May 2008. Web. 27 Jan. 2015
“Google Heath Home Page.” Larry Digana. “Google Health launches; Read the terms of service.” Zdnet.com. CBS Interactive. 19 May 2008. Web. 27 Jan. 2015

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Quoting Sources

Mike Adams, editor of NaturalNews.com, has never trusted the privacy policy of Google Health. When Google Health was first launched he wrote an article titled, “Review of Google Health – Technology Achievement or Privacy Disaster?” In this article he says, “How would you like to find yourself going to a job interview one day, then suddenly finding out … your potential future employer bought your health records from [a] third party company that purchased them from Google? Although this is certainly not the intention of present-day Google, it remains a disconcerting possibility that's actually written right into Google's own privacy policy.” Google Health was eventually shut down in 2011 and in an official blog post titled, “An Update on Google Health and Google PowerMeter,” Google said the following statement on why it was shut down, “we’ve observed that Google Health is not having the broad impact that we hoped it would. There has been adoption among certain groups of users like tech-savvy patients and their caregivers, and more recently fitness and wellness enthusiasts. But we haven’t found a way to translate that limited usage into widespread adoption in the daily health routines of millions of people.” I believe that it might have not taken to everyone because of the speculation about their privacy policies.

“Review of Google Health – Technology Achievement or Privacy Disaster?” naturalnews.com. Natural News Network, 20 May 2008. Web. 27 Jan. 2015.


“An Update on Google Health and Google PowerMeter.” googleblog.blogspot.com. Google, 15 July 2011. Web. 27 Jan. 2015.
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More sources

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/update-on-google-health-and-google.html

http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2014/07/08/google-co-founders-thanks-but-no-thanks/

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/google-health-update.html

http://chealthblog.connectedhealth.org

http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/tag/google-health/

http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2011/07/killed-google-health/

http://www.dignityhealth.org/Video/GLASS

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29802581

http://www.naturalnews.com/023275_Google_Health.html
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Monday, January 26, 2015

Chapter 7 Summary - The Bedford Researcher

Chapter 7 of The Bedford Researcher, written by Mike Palmquist, discusses plagiarism. What plagiarism is and how to avoid plagiarism are Palmquist's two main points that he goes over in detail. He starts off by defining unintentional plagiarism, which is the most common form of plagiarism; intentional plagiarism, which is the more serious of the two; and plagiarism with in group projects, which can be hard to identify. After defining these he then moves on to talk about using research ethics like correctly representing the information; how and when to ask for permission to use a source; and what's common knowledge and how to identify it. The last part of chapter 7 goes in to detail on how to avoid plagiarism with five sets of skills. One, conducting a knowledge inventory by asking yourself if you have a clear understanding of your issue. Two, Taking and double checking your notes carefully. Three, distinguishing between your sources ideas and your ideas by using attributions; which is discussed in more detail in chapter 15. Four, Identifying sources in your document with citation. Five, understanding why writers plagiarize and how they backfire. Most people understand the general principle that plagiarism is wrong to do since you're taking someone else's work and this chapter is a great detailed reminder of that to writers of all experience levels.
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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Chapter 5 Summary - The Bedford Researcher

Chapter 5 of Mike Palmquist’s book, The Bedford Researcher, describes how to evaluate sources. Palmquist says that “At the beginning of your research project, you’ll most likely make quick judgments about your sources.” (Page 82) He then goes into detail on how to evaluate the relevance of your source and how this method will help you to better judge future sources you find. He starts by saying that by questioning your purpose and audience; evaluating the evidence of a source by asking if there is enough and right kind of evidence; evaluating the author of your source based on knowledge and affiliation; evaluating the publisher of your source; evaluating the timeliness of your source; evaluating your source’s comprehensiveness; and finally evaluating your source’s genre. After describing this in detail, Palmquist adds that not all types of sources are evaluated the same way. There are web sites, blogs, newsgroups, email lists, discussion forms, social networking sites, and wikis; which all need to be evaluated based on relevance and credibility. You also need to evaluate the relevance and accuracy of field sources, things like interviews, observations, and surveys. Palmquist’s main point he is getting across with all of this is that finding the right sources by evaluation will get you the farthest in research writing. 
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Chapter 8 Summary - The Bedford Researcher

Mike Palmquist, in chapter 8 of his book The Bedford Researcher, goes over ways of searching for information with digital resources. Palmquist goes over steps on preparing to search and searching for sources with online library catalogs, databases, web search sites, media search sites. The first part of chapter 8 is about when you are preparing to do your research, Palmquist recommends reviewing your research plan and proposal, then identifying key words and phrases, and finally planning both basic and advanced searches. The remainder of chapter 8 Palmquist describes, in detail, different ways to search for sources, like when using an online library catalog you can search by key word, title, or even author. Palmquist also recommends a list of databases depending on what you are looking for (some of which, I have used in my English 102 class) programs like, ProQuest, Academic Search Premier, and ERIC are only a few out of the many that he lists. Palmquist also recommends a list of web search engines, web directories, news sites, reference search sites, and blog search sites. All of these things which Palmquist mentions in chapter 8 are used to help you find sources, but not just any sources, helpful sources.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

My 10 sources

My 10 sources
1.    Title:
Reassessing Google Flu Trends Data for Detection of Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza: A Comparative Epidemiological Study at Three Geographic Scales.
Authors:
Olson, Donald R.1 dolson@health.nyc.govdrolson@gmail.com
Konty, Kevin J.1
Paladini, Marc1
Viboud, Cecile2
Simonsen, Lone2,3
Source:
PLoS Computational Biology. Oct2013, Vol. 9 Issue 10, p1-11. 11p.
Document Type:
Article
2.    Title:
A Method to Assess Seasonality of Urinary Tract Infections Based on Medication Sales and Google Trends.
Authors:
Rossignol, Louise1,2,3 rossignol@u707.jussieu.fr
Pelat, Camille4,5
Lambert, Bruno6
Flahault, Antoine3,7
Chartier-Kastler, Emmanuel8
Hanslik, Thomas3,9
Source:
PLoS ONE. Oct2013, Vol. 8 Issue 10, p1-5. 5p.
Document Type:
Article
3.    Title:
Using Google Analytics as a process evaluation method for Internet-delivered interventions: an example on sexual health.
Authors:
Crutzen, Rik; Roosjen, Johanna L.; Poelman, Jos
Affiliation:
Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University/CAPHRI, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht , The Netherlands and
STI AIDS Netherlands , Amsterdam , The Netherlands
Source:
Health Promotion International (HEALTH PROMOT INT), 2013 Mar; 28 (1): 36-42.
Publication Type:
journal article - research, tables/charts
4.    Title:
Correlation between National Influenza Surveillance Data and Google Trends in South Korea.
Authors:
Cho, Sungjin1
Sohn, Chang Hwan1
Jo, Min Woo2
Shin, Soo-Yong3
Lee, Jae Ho1,3
Ryoo, Seoung Mok1 leiseo@gmail.com
Kim, Won Young1
Seo, Dong-Woo1
Source:
PLoS ONE. Dec2013, Vol. 8 Issue 12, p1-7. 7p.
Document Type:
Article
5.    Title:
Google Works on 'Search Engine' for Cancer, Strokes.
Source:
Operating Theatre Journal (OPER THEATRE J), 2014 Nov (290): 6.
Publication Type:
journal article - brief item
6.    Title:
Google in the ER.
Source:
Marketing Health Services. Summer2014, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p4-4. 1/3p. 1 Color Photograph.
Document Type:
Article
7.    Title:
The Use of Google Trends in Health Care Research: A Systematic Review.
Authors:
Nuti, Sudhakar V.1
Wayda, Brian2
Ranasinghe, Isuru1
Wang, Sisi3
Dreyer, Rachel P.1
Chen, Serene I.2
Murugiah, Karthik1 karthik.murugiah@yale.edu
Source:
PLoS ONE. Oct2014, Vol. 9 Issue 10, p1-49. 49p.
Document Type:
Article
8.    Title:
Improving Google Flu Trends Estimates for the United States through Transformation.
Authors:
Martin, Leah J.1
Xu, Biying1,2
Yasui, Yutaka1
Source:
PLoS ONE. Dec2014, Vol. 9 Issue 12, p1-12. 12p.
Document Type:
Article



9.       BMJDisruptiveness of Google HealthAuthor(s): Supama DasSource: BMJ: British Medical Journal, Vol. 337, No. 7680 (Nov. 22, 2008), p. 1188Published by: BMJ


10.    BMJHow Google Is Changing Medicine: A Medical Portal Is The Logical Next StepAuthor(s): Dean GiustiniSource: BMJ: British Medical Journal, Vol. 331, No. 7531 (Dec. 24 - 31, 2005), pp. 1487-1488Published by: BMJ
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Chapter 6 Summary - The Bedford Researcher

Chapter 6 in The Bedford Researcher, written by Mike Palmquist, is all about the information you find. Palmquist talks about saving and organizing your information, taking notes, and creating a bibliography which all help with avoiding plagiarism and creating your first draft. In organizing and saving the print and web information you find Palmquist suggests a few tips, like coming up with a method and sticking with it; or, organizing your notes by the date they were written. For digital information Palmquist recommends, copy and pasting URL's into a document with notes about that URL; downloading your sources to a hard drive or flash drive; emailing yourself articles using the same subject line in the emails; using voice messages on your phone; using bookmarks or favorites; and most importantly backing up your files. When taking notes Palmquist says that choosing and sticking with a method will help you to save time and understand your sources thoroughly. Things like, paraphrasing, summarizing, and comparing sources will help you to utilize your notes in the most effective way possible. The last thing Palmquist mentions in this chapter is annotated and working bibliographies; which, an annotated bibliography is a list of all of your sources and a note about each of them, while a working bibliography is a running list of sources you plan to use. All of the techniques and methods Palmquist talks about in this chapter are crucial in writing a paper, if your information isn't organized your paper won't be.
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Chapter 4 Summary - The Bedford Researcher

Reading critically, reading with an attitude, and reading actively are all thing discussed in chapter 4 of Mike Palmquist's book, The Bedford Researcher. Palmquist first makes it clear that reading critically and evaluating are related but reading critically involves meaningful questioning of what your source is saying as you are reading it. He also explains how to use your research questions to help with reading critically. To read with an attitude, Palmquist describes a few different methods, one of which is, keeping your readers' needs, interests, values, and beliefs in mind. Asking questions like, "Do my readers want to know these ideas and arguments that are presented in this source?" as you read will help you decide if the information you are looking at is suited for your audience. Ways to read actively, according to Palmquist, is a combination of, marking key info with a pen/highlighter or sticky notes; writing brief notes and annotations either in the margins of the page or again, on sticky notes; and taking notes to help keep track of your thoughts while reading. Chapter 4 is a great resource for help on writing papers that deal with a lot of information and sources, or even if you want to get, and remember, more details from your favorite novels, critically reading your source will make it easier to handle.
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Monday, January 12, 2015

Chapter 2 Summary - The Bedford Researcher

Mike Palmquist starts out chapter 2 in his book, The Bedford Researcher, with a comparison between exploring your topic and a public meeting on a controversial issue. This analogy he uses makes this first part of the chapter on creating a plan to explore and discuss your topic easy to understand. Palmquist spends almost the rest of the chapter discussing different ways to obtain and review sources, things like your library's online catalog and library shelves; which, contain different books, articles in scholarly journals, articles in trade and other professional journals, magazines, newspapers, theses and dissertations, microfilm and microfiche, and DVD's. Palmquist mentions even more different types of sources that are in your local library ultimately getting his point across that libraries are excellent sources of information. He also recommends newsstands, databases, and the web. The last part of the chapter Palmquist discusses focusing on a single issue within your topic by identifying conversations, assessing your interest, and finally choosing and issue. Through the different methods that Palmquist describes in this chapter writers new and old will feel confident in being able to locate a variety of sources and choosing an issue that is interesting to them and their future readers.
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Chapter 1 Summary - The Bedford Researcher

In chapter 1 of Mike Palmquist's book, The Bedford Researcher, Palmquist focuses on starting your research paper with confidence and an appropriate topic; which, he thinks can be the hardest part of a research paper. The first half of the chapter he goes into detail on how to take ownership in your topic, understanding and developing your position on a topic, sharing your position on a topic, how to work with information, understanding the relationship between you and your readers, understanding the genre and design of your paper, and how to manage your time. This may seem like a lot of information and rules for writing a research paper, especially if you are a beginner at writing, but the way that Palmquist presents the information with examples and diagrams makes it easy to understand and read. The last half of the chapter is all about choosing an appropriate topic. Palmquist writes about how to identify what kind of document are you writing, who are your readers and why, and how context will affect you during this process of writing. Then he goes into coming up with a topic to write about. Palmquist uses real writers and their projects as examples of methods for finding topics, things like, clustering, freewriting, looping, and brainstorming. After reading the first chapter of The Bedford Researcher I feel confident in my ability to come up with and choose an appropriate topic because I better understand my topic and how to use it to my advantage when writing a research paper.
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Thursday, January 8, 2015

MLA Evaluation - Elizabeth Angeli & John Smith

Toward a Recovery of 19th Century Farming Handbook
Angeli
0  -  F
1  -  D
2  -  C
3  -  B
4  -  A
Be your own work;




X
Be 3,000+ words in length




X
Employ correct gram, punct, & MLA-style





X
Employ parenthetical citations,
a Works Cited page, & employ copious signal phrases





X
Convincingly argue your thesis




X

Refer to 10 or more highly credible sources





X
Conclusively demonstrate 102 level




X
Found Voices: Carl Sagan
Smith
0  -  F
1  -  D
2  -  C
3  -  B
4  -  A
Be your own work;




X
Be 3,000+ words in length


X


Employ correct gram, punct, & MLA-style





X
Employ parenthetical citations,
a Works Cited page, & employ copious signal phrases





X
Convincingly argue your thesis


X



Refer to 10 or more highly credible sources




X

Conclusively demonstrate 102 level


X

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